Dec 07 2009
Neue Galerie
Ever heard of Gustav Klimt? No? You should start doing some research then.
Klimt is an abstract painter. I’ve only recently been introduced to Klimt because his name was mentioned in a reading.
His paintings of women are gaudy and elegant. A paradox. His women are all beautiful and pale, with blushing cheeks, but the bodies of the women would be covered with gold paint. The gold looks like a mosaic, but all of it is painted on.
It might be a little hard to believe unless you see it for yourself.
Klimt is one of my favorite painters ever.
I think we have such a similar taste in art. Check out his The Kiss, my friend. I am so in love. I even got a shirt that looks similar to that.
In my opinion, this piece is abstract because all of those various shapes on the dress such as triangles, squares and circles seem to constitute the dress as a whole.
I agree with Zerxis here. I don’t understand abstract art, but I see this one as something really pretty and simple, not something complicated and confusing like that rest of the stuff that I’ve seen in the “abstract art” category.
I love that women are featured but I am not very fond of the colors in the painting. I feel like I want the woman to have more life in her clothing and her surroundings. It is very abstract to me, but I just wish the colors were more contrasting.
Call it a coincidence if you may, but I came across some information about him yesterday itself, when I was reading an article on abstract art.
I don’t really understand how this painting would fall into the “Abstract Art” category. It looks more like a fancy piece of art to me.
The sad thing is.
I only heard of this painter because of Elfen Lied.
He did another one called “The Kiss”, which was in the same style too.